India Intro

India and its surrounding countries are part of the South Asia region. Indian Subcontinent India and its surrounding countries are part of the South Asia region. This region includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh among other countries.

Natural Barrier: Mountains Two mountain ranges to the north, the Himalayas and Hindu Kush, separate the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.

India’s first civilization grew around the Indus River Valley. River floods, rich soil leads to crops.

Flooding created a fertile plain good for farming. Ganges River North of the Indus Flooding created a fertile plain good for farming.

Tropical, hot, seasonal winds known as monsoons. Climate Tropical, hot, seasonal winds known as monsoons. Rainy summers, dry winters. Farming depends on the summer monsoons.

Indus River Civ Timeline 7000 B.C. – Farmers grow crops, more people 3000 B.C. – cities develop 2500 B.C. – cities center of civilization 1700 B.C. – they disappear. Hmm …